Lightweight Uncoated Vegetable Parchment Liner from Mexico
Uncoated vegetable parchment paper at 20 g/m² used as bakery liners or food wraps, in sheets. Classified in HTS 4805.91.70.00 for other uncoated paperboard weighing over 15 g/m² but ≤30 g/m², meeting note 3 (not surface-colored, etc.). Its grease-resistant properties come from pulp processing, not coatings.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
Import Tips
• Document pulp processing method to distinguish from coated greaseproof papers in 4813
• Measure basis weight precisely; slight overages push to higher weight subheadings
• Avoid selling pre-printed; printing makes it Chapter 49, increasing scrutiny